Category: Nutrition

The Effects of Diabetes on the Wound Healing Process by Nancy Collins, PhD, RD & Colleen Sloan, RD Diabetes has quickly become one of the most complex health challenges of the 21st century. In 2010, a total of 10.9 million US residents ages 65 years and older were reported to be living with diabetes.1 Currently, it is the

Overview Nutritional deficiency is the term used when the reserves of nutrients stored in the body are insufficient to support healthy cellular function. A wound acts as a parasite on the body, requiring nutrients to be redirected from their normal functions to use in the various stages of the healing process. However, when the individual is malnourished, any trauma may

Wound Healing Consists of Four Interconnected Steps by Mark H. DeLegge, MD The wound healing process consists of 4 interconnected steps; hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and tissue remodeling. Wounds that fail to properly progress through these steps result in delayed wound healing or the formation of chronic wounds. These chronic wounds are often stuck in a “state of inflammation.”

Going Beyond Dressings With a Balanced Care Plan Douglas Gruen, BS Pharmacy∗ As the largest organ of the body, the human skin protects all subcutaneous tissues. Despite its many attributes, the skin is vulnerable to pressure ulcers. The number of pressure ulcers and venous leg ulcers is on the rise, but healing rates have not improved over

How to Build a Multidisciplinary Nutrition Support Team By Karrie Derenski & Merry Daniel The provision of adequate, patient-specific nutrition during hospitalization has been shown to have a significant effect on morbidity and mortality, length of stay (LOS), and costs of care for at-risk and malnourished patients. This is particularly relevant considering that the prevalence of

Parameters used to define malnutrition/undernutrition vary in most studies, thus underscoring the need to establish a standard set of criteria to define adult malnutrition. Historically, clinicians used serum